Method and system of generating a three-dimensional view of a real scene for military planning and operations

A system for rendering views, comprising:

• (a) one or more image providing devices configured for providing a plurality of images of a scene;
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• (b) a processing system containing at least one processor and configured for:
• (i) providing a three-dimensional model of the scene;
• (ii) associating regions of said plurality of images of the scene with at least one portion of at least one surface of said three-dimensional model of the scene, wherein at least one of the portions is associated with said regions of at least two of said plurality of images;
• (iii) providing at least one view selection criterion, wherein said view selection criteria includes a criterion other than viewpoint;
• (iv) selecting at least one of said regions for each of at least one portions, said selecting based on prioritizing regions for each portion to satisfy said view selection criteria as a function of a current viewpoint;
• (v) rendering a multi-view using the selected regions in combination with said three-dimensional model of the scene;
• and (vi) dynamically repeating steps (iv) and (v) such that the selected regions for each of said at least one portions varies as a function of the current viewpoint.